Museums 

The downtown Museum Campus is home of three of Chicago's most beloved museums: The Field Museum of Natural History, The Shedd Aquarium and the Adler Planetarium.

Other internationally renowned institutions include the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Museum of Science and Industry and the Art Institute of Chicago.

See Free Admission Museum DaysBelow

MONDAY

• Adler Planetarium
  312-922-STAR
  Sept. 11 - Dec. 19
• Field Museum
  312-922-9410
  Sept. 11 - Oct. 31
• Chicago Children's Museum
  312-527-1000
  First Mon. of every month for children 15 and under
• Chicago History Museum
  312-642-4600
  9:30 - 4:30 (closed until Sept. 30)
• Shedd Aquarium
  312-939-2438
  Sept. - Nov.
• Museum of Science and Industry
  773-684-1414
  Sep 11 - Nov. 21; Nov. 23; Dec. 24

TUESDAY

• Adler Planetarium
  312-922-STAR
  Sept. 11 - Dec. 19
• Field Museum
  312-922-9410
  Sept. 11 - Oct. 31
• Shedd Aquarium
  312-939-2438
  Sept. - Nov.
• Museum of Science and Industry
  773-684-1414
  Sep 11 - Nov. 21
• Museum of Contemporary Art
  312-280-2660
  5 pm - 8 pm
• International Museum of Surgical
  Science
  312-642-6502
  10 am - 4 pm

WEDNESDAY

• Clarke House Museum
  312-326-1480
  12 pm, 1 pm, 2 pm
• Glessner House Museum
  312-326-1480
  12 pm, 1 pm, 2 pm

THURSDAY

• The Art Institute of Chicago
  312-443-3600
  June 3 – Labor Day 5 pm – 9 pm; Throughout the year 5 pm – 8 pm
• Chicago Children's Museum
  312-527-1000
  5 pm - 8 pm
• The Notebaert Nature Museum
  773-755-5100
  Special exhibitions 9 am - 4:30 pm
• Museum of Science and Industry
  773-684-1414
  Nov. 23

FRIDAY

• Spertus Museum
  312-322-1747
  1 pm - 3 pm
• The Art Institute of Chicago
  312- 443-3600
  June 3 - Labor Day 5 pm - 9 pm

SUNDAY

• DuSable Museum of African American History
  773-947-0600
  12 pm - 5 pm
• Museum of Science and Industry
  773-684-1414
  Dec. 24

FREE EVERYDAY

• Art Institute of Chicago
  Free admission Feb. 1 - 21; children under 12 admitted free year-round
• Chicago Architecture Center
• Chicago Cultural Center
• Chicago Public Library/Harold Washington Library Center
• City Gallery at the Historic Water Tower
• David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art
• The Field Museum
  Free general admission Aug. 26 - 31
• Gallery 37 - 5th Floor Galleries
• Jane Adams Hull-House Museum
• Martin D'Arcy Museum of Art
• Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum
• Museum of Contemporary Photography
• The Notebaert Nature Museum
  Free general admission, cost for exhibits
• Oriental Institute Museum
• Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows